“Goooool！”
The French youth who scored the goal was unusually excited. He rushed to the sidelines and hugged the team manager, dedicating the goal to Li Ang. The youth, who had played in the lower leagues in France last summer, was now famous and had attracted attention in France. Some French media had even begun to consider recommending the young man, who played in the Iberian Peninsula, to the French national team manager, Domenech.
Ribéry's goal was the last straw that broke Sevilla's back.
The score became 1: 4, three goals behind Sporting de Gijón. With less than 20 minutes left in the game, it became an insurmountable moat.
In addition, there was another point. When the team needed goals and encouragement the most, their own goalkeeper's low-level mistake directly gave the opponent a goal. This was a huge blow to the team's morale.
Sevilla's manager, Caparos, was first furious on the sidelines, then helpless. No one had thought that the goalkeeper would make such a low-level mistake. It could be said that it directly destroyed Sevilla's hope of a counterattack.
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"1: 4! It will be difficult for Sevilla to turn the tables in this game, "Dagestino said. "Esteban's mistake is fatal. It is a huge blow to the team's morale. The Sevilla players are a little depressed."
After the goal was replayed in slow motion, the Sevilla goalkeeper, Esteban, who was suspected of indirectly assisting the opponent's player, sat on the ground after losing the goal. He first looked at the turf that seemed to have been turned up, then gloomily, annoyed, and angrily slapped the turf.
"It looks like Esteban's foot slipped when he kicked off …" González was not polite at all. "Of course, it could also be that he was looking for a way out for himself."
Caparos now no longer hoped that he could equalize the score. His goal became to score a goal to reduce the gap as much as possible and avoid losing most of the home games.
He began to make frequent substitutions. Jordi replaced Jesuli, and Dario Silva replaced Renato.
On Sporting de Gijón's side, Li Ang used the last substitution spot on the Italian veteran, Chiesa. He replaced Ribéry with Chiesa.
Enrico Chiesa, the thirty-four-year-old Italian veteran, made his debut for Sporting de Gijón at the Estadio Pis Juan.
Li Ang had his reasons for bringing on the veteran Chiesa instead of the younger Juan Arango. He instructed Chiesa to use his footwork and experience to control the ball and slow down the pace of the game to delay the game. After all, Sporting de Gijón was not the one who was in a hurry.
That's right. Li Ang was certain that Sevilla would be anxious. Although there was no hope of a comeback, as a strong team in La Liga and the current second place in the league, Sevilla had their pride. They would not allow themselves to lose so badly on their home ground. They were bound to be more anxious to score goals. The substitution of Sevilla's manager, Caparos, also confirmed this point. Now, Sevilla had three strikers on the field. It could be said that they were staking everything on one throw.
Hey, old man, goals don't depend on the number of strikers.
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The rest of the game was just as expected. Sevilla, eager to equalize the score, had no strategy to speak of. The star players all intended to rely on their individual abilities to save the game. The result? Other than wasting time, they did not gain anything.
On the other hand, Sporting de Gijón's counterattacks were sharp. Although they did not have many chances to counterattack, every time they did, the Sevilla players would break out in cold sweat.
In the 89th minute of the game, Sporting de Gijón once again made a quick counterattack. The veteran Chiesa assisted Di Natale to score a goal for Sevilla, scoring their fifth goal of the day.
"… The game ended prematurely when Sporting de Gijón scored their fourth goal. Now, with their fifth goal, Sporting de Gijón turned the game from a great victory into a massacre! Chiesa, who joined Sporting de Gijón in the winter transfer, showed his experience and technical superiority. The 34-year-old Italian veteran provided a beautiful assist. His fellow Italian, Di Natale, also scored a wonderful goal. "
"To be honest, the home team's score of 1-5 is surprising, especially on Sporting de Gijón's side. Their captain, Hierro, was sent off early."
"Manager Li Ang's team has been tested. His team not only won after suffering a heavy blow at the start of the game, but also achieved an amazing victory."
On the television screen, Li Ang was standing on the sidelines. He raised his arms and waved to the Sporting Gihon fans in the stands, thanking them for their support. A bright smile bloomed on his face like a flower.
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Sevilla's manager, Caparos, had been waiting for Li Ang to shake his hand. He was a senior manager in La Liga and was much older than Li Ang. Naturally, he felt that he had the seniority to wait for the other side to shake his hand. However, when he saw the man's extremely flamboyant celebration without any intention of taking the initiative to shake his hand, Caparos was furious. He turned around and left first.
Li Ang was reminded by Banderas to shake hands with the opposing manager. After that, Caparos was nowhere to be found.
"Where is he?"
"He left," Banderas said, spreading out his hands.
"How rude."
Banderas shook his head helplessly. These two managers were obviously not good people.
Caparos had already left angrily. Li Ang ignored him. He continued to raise his hands in the stands to thank the fans who were shouting Sporting de Gijón's name.
He clenched his fists and waved them vigorously in front of the fans.
These fans were unusually excited. They followed Li Ang's gestures and shouted.
Looking at these fans' faces that were distorted with excitement, Li Ang felt proud and satisfied.
After two weeks of winter break, the team faced the second-place team, Sevilla, in the first game. Nine minutes into the game, the team was sent off as the team captain, but the team won the away game with a score of 5: 1. This start obviously made the fans crazy, but it also made Li Ang very satisfied, and even a little proud.
For Sporting de Gijón, the significance of this difficult game was not only to win. To be able to achieve such a big victory against a strong opponent in such an unfavorable start, the process of this game was good training for all the Sporting de Gijón players. It would increase the team's confidence to the greatest extent. When faced with difficult situations in the future, the players would think of this game and gain a lot of confidence. They were also used to big storms and big waves. They were not afraid!
The first game of 2005 was a good start. It was very good.
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